Plant Alpinia galanga (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Greater Galangal; Siamese Ginger; Languas

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
METHYL-CINNAMATE	5	Rhizome	192.0	23040.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	not available	5235.0	1.72	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	945100.0	3.31	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Rhizome	3.0	45365.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	945100.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIDECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Rhizome	10.0	71.0	-0.86	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
P-CYMENE	16	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYCINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Rhizome	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHEN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Rhizome	250.0	1773.0	-1.64	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROLINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Rhizome	10000.0	71000.0	-0.81	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RESIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Dentifrice	1	Martindale's 29th
Deodorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Binder	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Expectorant	8	Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	18	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	11	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.